The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-24
BREVITIES.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. MINOR MEN
TON, ANDLOCAL LACONICs.

Served I'm in Condensed Shape-About
Folks You Know, and Interesting Items
Happily and Hastily Hit.
Range of thermometer at Spence, Iy-
rec & Co.'S shoe house, Broad street,
February ODD, 1887 0 am, 360; IL m,
$50; p. m. 800; pm. go.
Mr.. Furman Upper has gone on a
brief trip to Florida.
The Walker Light Guards will give an
entertainment March 18th.
The Stuart Horse Guards have re-
ceived their uniform Overcoats.
The Social German Club will give a
german at Sanger Halle tonight.
Pizzini has handsome crayon portrait
of Miss Lillian Russell in his window
Mr.. William II. Weisiger left last night
on q business trip to Southwest Nlr-
ginia.
The Alexandria demonstration in honor
of Washington's birthday was an impos-
ing one, and the old city is to be congrat-
ulated
Services appropriate to Ash Wednes-
day were held at the churches observing
the holiday yesterday.
The Council committees on Water and
Second Market hold their regular month
ly meetings tonight.
Judge j. Thompson Brown, member
of the house of delegates from Nelson,
was at the Capitol yesterday.
The number of deaths in the city for
the past week were 81, against 80 for the
week ending February 18th.
1t was the Italian and not the Hebrew
Beneficial Society that gave the ball at
Monticello Hall Tuesday night.
Mr. VIM. j. Gentry met with an acct
dent in Pittsburg, Pa, last week, and is
now at his residence in this city.
The Tuckahoe Farmers Club had its
monthly meeting at the farm of Captain
Guy, below Manchester yesterday.
Ralph Bingham, the Boy" orator. will
speak at Monticello Hall tomorrow night,
under the auspices of Rescue lodge l..
o. of G.. T.
General John ID. ImbOden is in the city.
His report on the Industrial Resources of
Virginia will be ready for distribution in
few days.
The sale of the property so long oc-
cupied by Mr. Charles 7. Palmer was
postponed from yesterday to next Sat
urday at 1 o'clock pm.
Instead of there being one death in this
city from whooping- cough last year,
there were twenty-One in both races,
making a total of forty-two.
The Governor Yesterday appointed
George p. Price fish inspector for the city
of Alexandria to fill the vacancy oCca-
stoned by the death of Joseph Herseman.
The Norfolk Landmarks notices in COM
plimentary terms the floral knapsack sent
February 22d to the City Guard of that
city by Mrs. Florence p Roper, of this
city.
A meeting at Winston, n. c., last week
was addressed by Colonel A. b. Andrews,
third vice president of the Danville sys-
TEN in favor of the extension of the North
Carolina Midland railroad.
The Rev. Landon A. Cutler, of Rich
mond, is preaching nightly at the Disci-
pies church, Norfolk, and the prospects
are for a very successful meeting. Mr.
Cutler will preach again this evening at
s o'clock.
Property in the vicinity of lakewood
has increased in value considerably dur
ing the past several months. Several lots
were sold out there this week for three
times as much as was offered for them
six months ago
The funeral of Mrs f. V. Graves ,reiict
of the late j. b. Graves, of Burkeville,
and sister of Mr.. William A. Blankenship
and Mrs. j. b. Gathright, will take place
from Union-station Methodist Episcopal
church at o'clock to-day.
The roadway of Jefferson street from
Main to Cary has been gravelled, and the
sidewalk from Cary to Canal widened.
The route southwark from Canal street TO
Pine street church is the most miserable
in the city, and would be disgrace TO
the worst One-horse country road in red
land Virginia.
Mr.. Willis p BocOck celebrated his
S0th birthday at his home in Appomattox
Yesterday Mr.. Bocock was the first At
tOrney- General Of Virginia under the new
Constitution, and held the position until
succeeded by Hon John Randolph Tuck
er-abOut 1859.
1t is currently reported in Lynchburg
among railroad officials, and based upon
good authority, that the recent heavy
dealing in Norfolk and Western railroad
stock has given controlling interest in
that corporation to the Richmond and
West Point Terminal Company.